Who thought that would be a good idea?
Anyone seen the commercial for Pinocchio? The background music is a dance remix of When You Wish Upon A Star. First of all, what? And second, the hell?
posted by E @10:16 PM
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Friday, February 27, 2009
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
They Actually Exist
Today I actually felt like a working person again. I mean, I work everyday but because I communicate completely via e-mail, it's like I play in a virtual world and someone sends me a check every couple weeks. Today, we started a weekly teleconference. I talked to actual humans. Live! It was a typical teleconference and I really hate meetings but it's nice to know other people exist.In a total shift of topic, I've lately been wondering if men think that they need to cave to everything their dates are interested in because they think it's polite or nice or something. I don't know whether it's a book or a movie where the heroine yells at her boyfriend about agreeing with her all the time, "What if I don't want Thai? What if I want Peking Cat?!" Seriously, where is the spine? The personal opinion? If I disagree, that's great. Dissension can be good - At least it shows personality.
Someone on a board today wrote exactly what I had been thinking earlier in the day...
"Beware of "nice" guys. A good number of them are weak, and weak people are bad news in relationships. I see X as one of these guys who is always saying "women don't want nice guys, they want a man who mistreats them." No, they don't. They want a man with a spine who knows who he is and what he stands for, not some guy whose sole personality trait is "nice."
posted by E @2:02 AM
Friday, February 20, 2009
Wait, $1000 a year for meeting obligations?
The hell? I'm against bailouts in general. I get where the government is going with all this and think it's a horrible, horrible idea but whatever. There's nothing I can do so I just have to let it go for now. Still the latest housing bailout proposal is the most ridiculous thing ever.Helping people refinance who are underwater and/or unemployed is one thing, but actually paying them at the end of the year if they manage to make these new payments is utterly nonsensical. I make my payments and have always made my payments. My income has been severely impacted and still I make these payments. Where the hell is my check for being responsible and meeting my obligations? If after helping someone out, it is still necessary to bribe them into continuing to make payments, clearly they are not the type of people who should be provided with additional assistance.
posted by E @5:43 PM
Anything that can go wrong, will...
This weekend is the time for my grandma's estate sale. A while back, my mother noticed that the dates which should have been Friday, Saturday, Sunday were actually showing as Thursday, Friday, Saturday. She called my uncle who told her to stay out of it and he'd deal with it. Guess what? The dates were never changed - way to go, Uncle!So my parents were supposed to be in Edina early this morning for a final walk through. Sadly, deaths happened. The church had already exhausted its funeral volunteers last week and needed my parents to help. By the time the last funeral was over and everybody had been served and stuff cleaned up, it was too late to drop George at the kennel on Wednesday. BTW - funeral broke all records in attendance, something like 1000 people filled the church, many watching the funeral on TVs in the "overflow" Sunday school rooms.
This morning the parents drove down and the sale went off with really no need for them to be there. After it was done for the day, they went out to dinner. Then a water main broke on my grandma's street, flooding the street and the basement. Everyone went back to the house to get everything off the floor in the basement. So exciting! Tomorrow, the street will be a lovely sheet of ice. And there may or may not be running water or an open street. Good luck with that!
posted by E @1:58 AM
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Ahh Fresh Air
This morning I woke up and thought it smelled so fresh and clean in my bedroom. I wondered how I managed to make it that nice. Gracie got up, so I wandered out to open her dog door. I then realized that wasn't necessary since my back door was wide open. Guess that solves the mystery of the fresh air smell. Oops.Good thing that back gate is such a deterrent.
posted by E @11:24 PM
Friday, February 13, 2009
Did you know China's going to invade?
I didn't either until one of my "dates" and I spent an hour discussing his pet theory. Where do these people come from? I'm going to lay out his theory because I found it vastly amusing.Apparently, the Chinese are going to secretly load hundreds of thousands of soldiers onto container ships which will then dock in west coast ports, take over the major cities and then I guess march eastward. The US military would be in chaos and apparently, the millions of Americans living in these areas would not fight back against what would be a pretty small force compared to the population of California.
After pointing out the ridiculous flaws in this master invasion plan, he continued to defend his position - at one point asking if I knew how long it took the US to mobilize in Riyadh. The hell? He honestly believes that China could somehow sneak hundreds of thousands of people plus food and supplies for them onto container ships, sail them across the ocean and then attack and no one would have any idea until after the invasion took place.
I'm still wondering about the Chinese motive for this invasion attempt.
posted by E @11:39 PM
Stay Away from Nimrod
Death seems to be stalking the denizens of Nimrod recently. I've told my parents to get the hell out. In the last week, the community has lost 5 people, none of them over the age of 65. Two died after long battles with cancer, one died a week after being diagnosed with cancer and in an absolutely horrible tragedy, last night two men were killed when they were crushed by hay bales.The town was absolutely rocked by the hay bale incident. Weird farm accidents happen a lot but they're always so freakish. Apparently, they loosened the ties, the load shifted and off they rolled. I guess if you're going to go, having a 1500 pound bale drop on you from 12 feet up is going to be relatively quick and painless, but man that's rough.
Tinker was a great guy who was involved in the Nimrod plan to Move E's Stuff. He let me borrow his semi for free which was pretty awesome of him.
Really, really terrible tragedy and the town's gonna feel it for a long while.
posted by E @2:39 AM
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
And some idiot tried to break into my house...
He was clearly an idiot because:1) I was home
2) There were over a hundred witnesses playing at recess across the street (and these kids see things because I see them watching me when I'm outside)
3) He was thwarted by a wooden gate
Now I was in bed and heard loud noises coming from the side of my house, but figured it was either the neighbors or the kids at recess. When I went out to get the mail, however, I saw car tracks in my driveway (it snowed last night) and footprints going from the car around the house to the gate. The gate had quite clearly been pushed and shoved very hard. Happily, my gate isn't so much locked as held in place by iron bars stuck deep in the ground. Right now, these bars are quite frozen into the ground.
Had the bastard actually made it through the gate and tried to break in the back, he would have been met by my fierce attack dog and an angry E (and one would hope quickly the police).
posted by E @12:15 AM
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
$5 for Any Footlong Sub?
Why were there not signs posted everywhere telling me this when I got my usual not favorite sub this afternoon? Damn them.
posted by E @1:29 AM
Sunday, February 08, 2009
The Return of Captain Confusion
The new MLB network seems to be in an all Randy Johnson, all the time mode. Today, I got to watch him strikeout 19 Reds players including one Juan Castro. In a delightful turn of events, this very hot all glove, no bat shortstop was playing first base for the first time since eighth grade.Late in the game, Dennys Reyes made a cameo appearance and did not suck.
And just to clarify - No, I did not watch the whole game I just kind of flipped back every once in a while during commercials.
posted by E @11:07 PM
Thursday, February 05, 2009
Best Valentine's Package EVER
As you probably don't know, I work for a travel website analyzing and reviewing hotel deals. Today I came upon the greatest thing ever..."Stupid Cupid" Anti-Valentine's Day Package
Just say "No" to Valentine's Day hype and rhetoric and celebrate alone time at the Denver Airport Marriott.
Valentine's Day hoopla getting you down? Need a respite from romantic couples and overcrowded restaurants and bars? Had enough of the Valentine's Day meat market?
The Denver Airport Marriott invites you to avoid "schmoopys","cupcakes", "wuvy wuvs" and nonsensical Cupids on Valentine's Day and join us on our Stupid Cupid package.
Our Stupid Cupid package includes:
• Cookie amenity delivered to your room
• A "Split" of wine
• "Turndown" service
• Complimentary local calls
• A premium movie of your choice
I'm tempted to go just because this hotel's marketing person is clearly awesome and I want them to succeed. Other anti-valentine's packages haven't been quite so overt in their opposition to the holiday so they aren't as cool.
posted by E @10:35 PM
I Want His Car
So as I debate the wisdom of continuing to see, I'm stuck on the fact that his car turns me on. Maybe we should stop seeing each other so I'll stop with the car lust. It should not be locked all lonely in a garage. It should be mine. I want it. How do I get his classic little red BMW?
posted by E @1:31 AM
Monday, February 02, 2009
Adventures in Dating
I've been pretty bored recently so I decided for whatever reason that dating might be a good way to make things interesting. I'm not really sure what I was thinking.Anyway, this weekend I went on date #2 with an engineer we'll call "B". Date #1 was fine and involved food. I like food so I figured I could handle another date. Last night I went to a charity banquet. But first, because B is apparently one of those rare males who listens when women talk, he took me to Home Depot to get the last few tiles I needed to finish my bathroom floor. He even paid for them - all $2.89 worth. After a stop at his house so he could change, we went to the banquet. There I was introduced to his entire family and most of the family's friends. Oh yes, there is nothing more fun than meeting the parents on a second date. But people kept supplying me with alcohol so I did just fine. Hooray for liquor! Then someone bought his sister a puppy and the dog spent a good hour trying to eat my purse. More distractions! Alcohol and puppies work well. I was also razzed mercilessly by one guy about where I live and where my parents live. Three people apologized for him. I found him highly entertaining. Also, I was quite drunk.
And really this story has no point except that this dating thing will work out as long as alcohol is involved and I remain just sober enough to not do anything stupid.
posted by E @1:32 AM